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Pompilid ?? - Hemipepsis ustulata - male
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Pompilid ?? - Hemipepsis ustulata - Male
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
July 8, 2008
Size: ~12mm.
Seen on Heteromeles arbutifolia near our house. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Pompilid ?? - Hemipepsis ustulata - male Pompilid ?? - Hemipepsis ustulata - male
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 11 July, 2008 - 3:12pm
Last updated 4 March, 2024 - 4:46pm

Moved
Moved from Tarantula-hawk Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 4 March, 2024 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

Male
11 flagellomeres = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 10 September, 2015 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

The small size (1/2 inch) wou
The small size (1/2 inch) would suggest a male in Hemipepsis (Pompilidae)
… Dennis Haines, 11 July, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Tiny by tarantuala hawk standards:-)
Hemipepsis is not always smaller than Pepsis. Male Pepsis mexicana are the smallest tarantula hawks I have ever seen. But, the lack of bluish reflection on this specimen, plus what I can make out of the wing venation, does suggest Hemipepsis ustulata.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 July, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Correct.
wing venation clearly indicates Hemipepsis.
… Nick Fensler, 12 July, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

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